You learn something new every day

[DoctaD]

Well at least I think I do. Sometimes the information you receive is interesting, insightful, inspiring... other times it hits you like a tonne of bricks.

Its comin' up towards 6pm on Saturday evening. I have spent the last 3 hours in the emergency room. I thought I was having a heart attack, pretty much everyone that came across me thought the same.

After a few long, fearful hours of testing and waiting, the doc came to talk to me... he made everyone else leave the cubicle, and told me straight what was up.

He aknowledged that I still had a large amount of MDMA in my system, but claimed this had nothing to do with it. After a long, gruelling process of questioning on cocaine, which Ive never tried, and eventually convinced him of, he got onto what the cause was... weed. Apparently this is quite common, and a known side effect of tokin'... now it's not like this had been the first time I was under the influence of this plant, actually quite the opposite. Over the past few years Ive only went over a week without toking if I was in Canada. Because of this, i was took by surprise at this news, but his next comment made it all worth while.

He told me to stop toking for a week, and by that time I'll be all healed again and can do what I want. He also told me that I didnt have to stop taking MDMA, as it hadnt caused a problem.

Are doctors allowed to condone recreational drug use?

[torcher]

it seems like they would be able to. because of that whole "doctor-patient" thing. but if they arent supposed to, then you must just have one cool doc.

[duiker]

What is 'tokin?'

[Adrian_Faythe]

Toking=Smoking weed.

[DoctaD]

when i woke up this morning, everything was different. i had a fever, was crying in pain... suicide seems like a sensible solution at the moment. I cant sit or lie down as it's so sore, but it takes me about 5 minutes to walk a few meters... I need strong painkillers.

[DoctaD]

After hours, my GP was called out and put me on half the OTC drugs known to man. At this stage I was hearing voices in my head and shit. He said he could give me valium too, but that'd maybe be too much. I'm almost fixed now, as far as I know... the whole thing developed into a massive flu.

It all scared the fuck out of me though. I don't want to be put through anything like this again. When it's your own body fucking up, you can't fight, you can't run away... you're helpless, cornered. Fucked.

So I'm going to try and lurn over a new leaf... no smoking, drinking, toking or drugs. Seeing it wrote down like that makes it look like more of a challenge, but Im up for it. I have very little alcohol here, so getting rid of that will be childs play... but the weed, the beautiful weed... mmm... thats gonna be the bitch. If I don't stop smokin' ganja, though, I won't stop smoking cigarettes.

Wish me luck guys.

[duiker]

Yeah. I will.

[THErAPIST]

good luck.

[Stone]

Doctors know exactly what drugs do to you, and therefore can tell you the truth about them and not the "do it and you'll die" propaganda that we hear everyday that is originated by the government.

[DoctaD]

Yeah, over the past week a lot more people than I would have liked to have found out about some of my past recreational drug choices and you wouldn't believe the amount of time Ive heard "you could have died!!"

I'm also constantly getting stories from my mother about people with cannabis psychosis. I know these things happen, I spend half my life on the internet, I know whats going on in the world... but I don't need it re-enforced in an uneducated, opinionated viewpoint.

[THErAPIST]

Don't ya absolutely love how people act like you're not important enough to make your own decisions with your own life? Especially when the belittling remarks come from uneducated people?

"I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT!! IT COULD HAVE KILLED YOU!"
"Yeah? You wouldn't have? It could have killed me? Well guess what... It didn't, I'm most certainly not you, and honestly I wouldn't give two shits and a severed limb to hear again what the hell you think. furthermore I was glad that I did it then and I still dont regret my decision. Now shutup and kindly remove your unpleasant bag of bullshit from my back."

:D aaah the joys of life